Latvia | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)

Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population. Development relevance: Patterns of development in a country are partly determined by the age composition of its population. Different age groups have different impacts on both the environment and on infrastructure needs. Therefore the age structure of a population is useful for analyzing resource use and formulating future policy and planning goals with regards infrastructure and development. Limitations and exceptions: Because the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used in the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. For more information, see the original source. Statistical concept and methodology: Dependency ratios capture variations in the proportions of children, elderly people, and working-age people in the population that imply the dependency burden that the working-age population bears in relation to children and the elderly. But dependency ratios show only the age composition of a population, not economic dependency. Some children and elderly people are part of the labor force, and many working-age people are not. Age structure in the World Bank's population estimates is based on the age structure in United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. For more information, see the original source.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Latvia
Records
63
Source
Latvia | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
1960 15.70578045
1961 15.84529237
1962 15.94380891
1963 16.03944128
1964 16.23696662
1965 16.50462094
1966 16.79553523
1967 17.11851489
1968 17.46669702
1969 17.80735205
1970 18.12562575
1971 18.45411051
1972 18.75425014
1973 18.97998229
1974 19.16161591
1975 19.28828769
1976 19.36621218
1977 19.43118345
1978 19.45718978
1979 19.38497763
1980 19.16188901
1981 18.78314723
1982 18.34294182
1983 17.94797632
1984 17.61980277
1985 17.35946
1986 17.25838337
1987 17.34494327
1988 17.55133876
1989 17.84781538
1990 18.18325689
1991 18.58317341
1992 19.08292133
1993 19.57925563
1994 19.97207535
1995 20.33313473
1996 20.77639671
1997 21.25809886
1998 21.67383806
1999 22.06319641
2000 22.52991694
2001 23.0711667
2002 23.67494036
2003 24.33764566
2004 25.01008185
2005 25.6196742
2006 26.16067743
2007 26.61734138
2008 27.00503904
2009 27.3687185
2010 27.67630002
2011 28.06013855
2012 28.5916347
2013 29.24015007
2014 29.97462333
2015 30.65802461
2016 31.31069323
2017 31.97547045
2018 32.56014676
2019 33.23999693
2020 33.99569515
2021 34.44132441
2022 34.92273344

Latvia | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)

Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population. Development relevance: Patterns of development in a country are partly determined by the age composition of its population. Different age groups have different impacts on both the environment and on infrastructure needs. Therefore the age structure of a population is useful for analyzing resource use and formulating future policy and planning goals with regards infrastructure and development. Limitations and exceptions: Because the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used in the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. For more information, see the original source. Statistical concept and methodology: Dependency ratios capture variations in the proportions of children, elderly people, and working-age people in the population that imply the dependency burden that the working-age population bears in relation to children and the elderly. But dependency ratios show only the age composition of a population, not economic dependency. Some children and elderly people are part of the labor force, and many working-age people are not. Age structure in the World Bank's population estimates is based on the age structure in United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. For more information, see the original source.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Latvia
Records
63
Source